Bailey Jordan

The School of Architecture varies from other college paths in many ways, but one major way it differs is how an architecture student approaches finals week. Finals week is typically the last week of school before the end of the semester where there’s no class, a lot of studying and writing, and a lot of exams. However, my finals week starts as soon as Thanksgiving is over. A lot happens in the last three weeks of school in the architecture building. We all have a studio class that accounts for about a third of our credits each semester. There’s no final exam for this course, but rather a final design project that always inevitably takes up every waking hour of our lives for about the week before it’s deadline. We work until 9pm the day it’s due and then complete what’s called a “review” where we present our designs and receive constructive criticism from a panel of professors. But, as hectic and time consuming as this is, that entire class is completed for the semester before normal finals even start. This totally opened my finals schedule and allowed me to focus on just two classes. Below is my finals calendar for this past fall 2018 that includes the three weeks of school between coming back to campus in November after Thanksgiving break and leaving for Christmas break. …

Hi there! My name is Bailey Jordan, I’m a sophomore Architecture major with a minor in Energy Studies. I’m from Venice, Florida but on campus I live in Lewis Hall, home of the chicks and the largest women’s dorm at Notre Dame!

In the dorm, I’m the photography and ND Day commissioner, a hall clerk, and I play both indoor and outdoor volleyball for Lewis. Dorm sports are one of my favorite ways to help your dorm win Hall of the Year!…